ATO WINE CLUB
Another year has come and all but gone, and we are delighted and thankful to have shared some amazing and memorable moments with you, our beloved guests, tableside. To round out the year and add cheer to this holiday season, we are happy to be bringing back the ATO Wine Club!
This year, we are featuring some fun selections and exciting projects that have come to life, poured only at our restaurants, and never before shared through retail - until today!
Holiday Riesling 2-Pack
$85
This box contains two (2) bottles of:
2023 Eva Fricke, V.5, Trocken, Rheingau, Germany
Earlier this year in January, I made the pilgrimage to the Rheingau to see Eva Fricke and her team in Eltville, a short hour’s drive away from Frankfurt airport. This sample, V.5, was the final “Verschnitt” or blend tasted. In fact, it was listed as “SUPERATOMIX VERSCHNITT” on my tasting sheet, seen after having tasted this blind. A curious blend of Rieslings from the town of Kiedrich, rich in orange peel and bergamot, and the single vineyard of Sonnenberg in Eltville, a sunny site at the top of the village, producing honeyed, sun-kissed fruit. While I also had one other favorite in the selection, it was apparent to me that Eva was most excited about this particular blend. 24-hours later, I had samples in my bag en route back to New York, where our sommeliers across Atomix, Atoboy, and Naro all tasted several cuvees. We eventually arrived at the foregone happy conclusion: V.5 was indeed super.
Exactly 720 bottles blended, shipped, and specially labeled for NA:EUN Hospitality. Raised solely in stainless steel, this 12% ABV Trocken Riesling is everything we love about the grape and why it works so well with our cuisine.
- Jhonel Faelnar, NA:EUN Hospitality Beverage Director
Holiday Rarities 2-Pack
$130
This box contains two (2) bottles of:
2023 Eva Fricke, V.5, Trocken Riesling, Rheingau, Germany
2022 Likha Wine Co., Chai’s Vineyard Cabernet Franc, Ballard Canyon, Santa Barbara County,
California, United States
Introducing the inaugural vintage of Likha Wine Co., a small vineyard atop Ballard Canyon in Santa Barbara. This micro-winery is the brainchild of Jhonel Faelnar and Chai Gray. This small, organically farmed, one-acre vineyard, aptly named Chai’s Vineyard, is planted to Cabernet Franc, Syrah, and a few vines of Viognier across from a producing olive orchard on the property.
“Likha, in the Tagalog language of the Philippines, means ‘to create,’ and this is exactly what Chai and I wanted to do together with this project. To explore the possibilities of this beautiful site and add to the rich history of Ballard Canyon vine growing and winemaking. This Cabernet Franc is de-stemmed and raised in neutral barrels, allowing us to get to know the fruit from this vineyard well. Harvested before the heat of 2022, the wine is zippy, fresh, and perfect with your holiday meal. Only 672 bottles were produced.” - Jhonel Faelnar
ATO Means Gift 4-Pack
$230
This box contains four (4) bottles:
2023 Eva Fricke, V.5, Trocken Riesling, Rheingau, Germany
2021 De Sterlich, Pecorino Colli Aprutini, Abruzzo, Italy
2022 Likha Wine Co., Chai’s Vineyard Cabernet Franc, Ballard Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, United States
2022 Storm Wines, John Sebastiano Vineyard Pinot Noir, Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Barbara County, California, United States
This box includes the addition of the 2021 De Sterlich Pecorino, an excellent wine variety coming from Abruzzo in Italy, chosen by Ellia Park, Co-Founder of NA:EUN Hospitality and Atoboy’s first wine director. “The wine is light, citrus-forward, nutty, and a little honeyed. Easy to drink and perfect with the light mushroom salad I had at Rezdora!,” says Ellia.
This box also includes the 2022 Storm Wines Pinot Noir coming from the excellent John Sebastiano Vineyard in Sta. Rita Hills. “These Pinot Noirs from Ernst Storm are highly expressive, balanced, and age worthy. Finally, the wines are being reintroduced back on the East Coast!” - Jhonel
Likha Wine Co. 2022 Inaugural Release 2-Pack
$170
This box contains two (2) bottles:
2022 Likha Wine Co., Chai’s Vineyard Cabernet Franc
2022 Likha Wine Co., Chai’s Vineyard Syrah
from Ballard Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, United States
“As with the Cabernet Franc, we did with the Syrah, albeit in even smaller quantities. Harvested in the same few hours in the early morning and de-stemmed and raised in neutral barrels, we wanted to see, and taste, the differences between our Syrah, co-fermented with a half a bucket of Viognier, and our Cabernet Franc bottling, born of the same vineyard. The wine is decidedly more lush on the palate, with expressive blackberries and hints of sage and white pepper on the nose. Only 156 bottles of the Syrah were made.” - Jhonel
Only 24 sets available with this order.
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
